Friends!

On this day 43 years ago, died Solomon Goldelman - a prominent figure in Ukrainian Jewish community, a man who cheered on the integrity and independence of Ukraine.

He was born in Bessarabia province. He was a journalist, at first worked in the Kerch newspaper "The Western Courier", worked with theatrical criticism. His publications he signed with pseudonym "SIG" - from the first letters of the first, middle and last name.

Solomon Izrailevich, incidentally, was an ardent supporter of independence of Ukraine. He was a member of the Jewish workers' party Poalei-Zion, who on his initiative, became the first of the non-Ukrainian parties, who recognized the Central Council.

He was well versed in economics, graduated from the Kyiv Commercial Institute and several years worked as a teacher there.

In 1917, the Provisional Government appointed Solomon Goldelman to the position of the head of the Ukrainian department of the Ministry of Labour. Solomon Israilevich due to his pro-ukrainian views took place in the regional committee of health revolution in Ukraine.

During Hetman times, Goldelman lived in Odessa, was editor of the newspaper "Our Life", which was printed in Yiddish. Also he wrote articles in Ukrainian, signed by name "Zolotarenko" because this way he translated his surname.

Twice he was Deputy Minister of Labor in the government of the Directory, first in the government of Vladimir Chekhov, later - Isaac Mazepa. Resigned when Chief Ataman Petliura at the talks in Poland abandoned the Western Ukraine. This does not fall under Solomon's idea of ​​a coherent state.

So in 1920 Goldelman went to Austria. There he wrote his most famous work "Jewish national autonomy in Ukraine. 1917-1920 "and" Letters of Jewish Social-Democrat of Ukraine. Materials for the history of Ukrainian-Jewish relations in times of revolution. " Let me give you a great quote: "... the Russians in St. Petersburg and Kiev Jews did not believe their eyes, simply could not believe that there is indeed a great nation that its people are called the Ukrainian and a great country, called Ukraine."

Solomon Izrailevich was against Bolshevism, while in exile in Czechoslovakia, he was a member of the editorial board of the magazine "New Ukraine" and repeatedly urged to resist Soviet propaganda.

In 1939, German troops occupied Prague. So Goldelman and his wife Mariam Afonivnoyu had to leave. Initially they lived in Haifa, then - in Jerusalem. He corresponded actively with the Ukrainian emigration, wrote to Ukrainian newspapers, criticized the anti-Semitism in the USSR and the Ukrainian community abroad. Renowned social activist died in Jerusalem.

Friends, you should always remember that the friendship between people and mutual understanding – are the main things that what should strive as much as possible. There are always people who believe in the development of the country, we only have to notice their ideas and apply them.